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Taxes vs Extortion - What's the difference?

taxes | extortion |

As nouns the difference between taxes and extortion

is that taxes is money paid to the government for public purposes while extortion is the practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.

As a verb taxes

is third-person singular of tax.

taxes

English

Etymology 1

See (tax)

Noun

(head)
  • (uncountable) Money paid to the government for public purposes.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (tax)

    • Etymology 2

    See (taxis)

    Noun

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    * English heteronyms ----

    extortion

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia extortion) (en noun)
  • The practice of extorting money or other property by the use of force or threats.

    • Synonyms

    * blackmail